Improvement in brick-machines



F. MICHEL.

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N.PETF.RS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D c.

UNITED STATES FERDINAND MICHEL,

PATENT Orrrcn.

OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BRICK-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 181 702, dated August 29, 1876; application filed July 31, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERDINAND MICHEL, of Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machine for Molding and Pressing Brick, of which the following is a specification:

' Figure 1 is a top view of my improved machine. Fig.2 is a vertical cross-section of the same, taken through the line w m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same, taken through the line 3/ y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. 7

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved hand-machine for molding and pressing brick, which shall be simple in construction, convenient in use, and efl'ective in operation, doing its work rapidly and well.

The invention consists in the combination of the followers, the bars, the block, the rods or studs, the links, the arms, the shafts, the levers, the cap-blocks, the lever, and the cocentric shaft with each other, and with the frame, the plates or frames, and the plate, as hereinafter fully described. I

A is the frame of the machine, to the forward part of the top of which is attached a table. or apron to receive the tempered clay, and from which it is fed into the molds. (l are the followers, which enter the molds from below, and serve as bottoms to the molds when being filled. The followers 0 are attached to the upper ends of bars D, the lower ends of which are attached to, and held in proper relative position by, a block, E, which is weighted to withdraw the followers 0 when the pressure is removed.

F are plates or frames, the upper ends of .which are attached to the side bars of the works in bearings in the plates F, and to its end is attached a lever, L, so that by operating the lever L the followers 0 may be forced up to press-the brick, and to raise them out of .thenlold after being pressed. Through a hole in the block E passes arod, M, which has ahead formed upon its lower end, below the block E, and to its upper end are pivoted connecting links or bars N. The upper ends of the links N are pivoted to an arm, 0, attached to the shaft P, which works in bearings in the frames or plates F, and to its end is attached the brick, and the other may be operated by another man to raise the pressed brick out I of the molds.

are the capblocks, against which the clay is pressed by the followers 0 to press the brick. The cap-blocks R are attached to the forward end of a lever, S, attached to. a rock-shaft, T, which rocks in bearings attached to the frame A. To the rear part of the frame A is pivoted an eccentric shaft, U, which may be turned forward beneath the rear end. of the lever S, to resist the pressure against the cap-blocks B when the bricks are being pressed, and which may be turned back to allow said cap-blocks to be raised, for putting in the clay and removing the pressed brick.

The eccentric shaft U is provided with a handle a, and the lever S is provided with a handle, 8, for convenience in operating said parts. V I i The thickness of the bricks is regulated by a set-screw, V, which passes up through the plate G, and against the forward or upper end of which strikes a projection, W, formed upon or attached to one of the bars D, so as to limit the descent ofthe followers 0 in the molds. I

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patand with the frame A, plates or frames F,

entand the plate G, substantially as herein shown The combination of the followers 0, the and described.

bars D, the block E, the studs or rods H M, FERDINAND MICHEL.

the links IN, the arms J O, the shafts K P, Witnesses:

the levers L Q, the cap-blocks R, the lever S, S. S. JONES,

and the eccentric shaft U with each other, XAVIER PAUL. 

